{"id":149687,"date":"2015-09-08T07:16:30","date_gmt":"2015-09-08T07:16:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=149687"},"modified":"2015-09-08T07:26:17","modified_gmt":"2015-09-08T07:26:17","slug":"make-ama-boss-mahamas-running-mate-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/09\/make-ama-boss-mahamas-running-mate-group\/","title":{"rendered":"Make AMA boss Mahama&#8217;s running mate \u2013 Group"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As President Mahama prepares to be re-elected as flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), a group calling itself Ga Adangme Youth of the NDC, is putting pressure on the President to select the Mayor of Accra, Alfred Oko Vanderpuije as his running mate in the 2016 elections.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the group, their demand is to help\u00a0the party address what they refer to as marginalization of the Greater Accra Region in both the presidential and running mate positions over the years.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The concerns were contained in a petition captioned \u201cMake Oko Vanderpuye the running mate for the NDC.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;UoqxVYIeMrPObdCkTylv2eAueDU4AD61&#8243;]Speaking \u00a0on <strong>Eyewitness News<\/strong>, spokesperson for the group, Abdul Aziz\u00a0 was also optimistic the competencies of Mr. Vanderpuye will help secure victory for the party in the 2016 elections.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cNot that we are doubting\u00a0 the competency of Amissah-Arthur but what we are asking the President and all the national executives of the NDC is that they should just consider a Ga because it is our turn,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Explaining how they settled on Alfred Vanderpuye as the preferred choice, he said\u00a0\u201c&#8230;Because Oko Vanderpuye stands tall among all the Gas who we considered that is why we want Oko Vanderpuye to become\u00a0 the running mate for the NDC come 2016 election.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Abdul Aziz further added that the Mayor has no hand in their demand to select him as the party\u2019s running mate.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201c&#8230;Not at all,\u00a0 he\u2019s not aware, we are doing this as the youth wing of the Ga Adangme of the NDC, he\u2019s not aware,\u201d he insisted.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile Alfred Oko Vanderpuye has <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/09\/02\/i-can-retain-ablekuma-seat-for-ndc-accra-mayor\/\" target=\"_blank\">picked up nomination forms<\/a><\/strong><\/span> to contest in the Ablekuma South constituency in the NDC\u2019s parliamentary primaries on November 7.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Addressing party loyalists, the Mayor was hopeful he will help secure the seat for the party if voted as the parliamentary candidate for the constituency.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By: Pius Amihere Eduku\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As President Mahama prepares to be re-elected as flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), a group calling itself Ga Adangme Youth of the NDC, is putting pressure on the President to select the Mayor of Accra, Alfred Oko Vanderpuije as his running mate in the 2016 elections. 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